To assess the degree plans of entering freshmen at the University of South Carolina (U.S.C.), a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education was administered to incoming freshmen at U.S.C. and 527 other institutions of higher education during summer and fall orientation 1972. The resulting summary data included information on entering freshmen at the U.S.C. and weighted normative data based on questionnaire results from 42 participating universities. The first part of this report examines the higher education plans of U.S.C. freshmen for the years 1968, 1970, and 1972 and compares them to the national university norms for the corresponding time periods. An analysis by sex is presented for the U.S.C. freshmen classes of 1971 and 1972 and the corresponding national university norms. Results indicate U.S.C. entering freshmen plan to pursue graduate and professional degrees less frequently than their national counterparts, law degree plans represented the only area in which U.S.C. freshmen exceeded the national norms, U.S.C. female freshmen were more likely to seek nonprofessional graduate degrees than were male freshmen, and U.S.C. male freshmen were likely to seek professional degrees than were U.S.C. female freshmen. (MJM)

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